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Polyandry
Polyandry (/藞p蓲li藢忙ndri, 藢p蓲li藞忙n-/; from Greek: 蟺慰位蠀- poly-, 鈥渕any鈥� and 峒€谓萎蟻 an膿r, 鈥渕an鈥�) is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females. In its broadest use, polyandry refers to sexual relations with multiple males within or without marriage.
For the fiction genre, see Reverse Harem. ...more
For the fiction genre, see Reverse Harem. ...more
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They'll say you are bad
or perhaps you are mad
or at least you
should stay undercover.
Your mind must be bare
if you would dare
to think you can love
more than one lover.
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It is one of the great ironies of Mormon history that Smith, who set the polygamous movement in motion, never experienced it in practical terms. He was content to marry the teenage women who lived in his home and then let them depart when Emma objected. And he was content to let his polyandrous wives live with their first husbands, so he never bore the responsibility of providing for them, financially or emotionally, on a day-to-day basis. He never witnessed the toll practical polygamy would tak
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― In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
― In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith

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